Alex Chediak

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Delaying Marriage: Conflict over the Cost

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Awhile back the team at Boundless.org ran an article by Danielle Crittenden on the cost of delaying marriage. It contained some counter-cultural statements that tipped the apple cart, even for many Christians. Here are two examples: But if a woman remains single until her age creeps up past 30, she may find herself tapping at her watch and staring down the now mysteriously empty tunnel, wondering if there hasn’t been a derailment or accident somewhere along the line. The 33-year-old single woman who decides she wants more from life than her career cannot so readily walk into marriage and … [Read more...] about Delaying Marriage: Conflict over the Cost

Praying: Finding Our Way Through Duty to Delight

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J.I. Packer and Carolyn Nystrom have just published a book with InterVarsity Press called Praying: Finding Our Way Through Duty to Delight. The book is based on a series of taped lectures on prayer given by Dr. Packer, which Ms. Nystrom then developed into a transcript, which the two later developed. The authors describe their book as a “heart-to-heart affair in which two Christians who try to pray and wish they prayed better share thoughts about what they are doing with people whom they envisage as being like themselves.” I resonate with the struggle in prayer that they describe: … [Read more...] about Praying: Finding Our Way Through Duty to Delight

PC(USA) — losses in membership

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I have made a few blog posts in the past on the PC(USA). My intention has not been to be mean-spirited, but to honestly probe what happens when the simple yet counter-cultural teaching of Scripture is circumvented in the name of relevance. That having been said, I am in no way denying that there are some God-honoring, Christ-exalting, Bible-affirming PC(USA) pastors out there. For example, I've been blessed by much of what Mark D. Roberts has been sharing. Here are some of the sad statistics on the massive decline in membership within the PC(USA). In short, a loss of 65,000 in 2005 and an … [Read more...] about PC(USA) — losses in membership

Desiring God National Conference – Sep 29 – Oct 1

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We're back from our family vacation to Grand Rapids, MN. It was a fantastically relaxing time of sitting by the lake, swimming, barbeque-ing every night, and bonding. Our daughter Karis had some difficulty (as did Marni and I) with the sweltering heat (mid-90s, sometimes with humidity to boot). The family vacation afforded me the opportunity of some extended reading time. I read ahead on most of the assigned reading for my upcoming Preaching class this Fall and Spring. But the book that has most been captivating me (I'm about 1/3 of the way through) is David Well's Above All Earthly … [Read more...] about Desiring God National Conference – Sep 29 – Oct 1